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Karine Ruby

1978 - 2009

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Karine Ruby (4 January 1978 in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie – 29 May 2009) was a French snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won two medals at the Winter Olympics, with a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She also earned six gold medals and four silver medals at the FIS Snowboard World Championships, and 67 wins and 122 podiums at the FIS Snowboard World Cup, which earned her the description by The New York Times as "the most decorated female snowboarder in the world". Ruby won the giant slalom event in the snowboarding competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, overcoming severe weather conditions to win the first Olympic gold medal awarded in the event to a woman. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Karine Ruby is the 3,546th most popular athlete (down from 3,271st in 2024), the 5,862nd most popular biography from France (down from 5,817th in 2019) and the 154th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karine Ruby ranks 3,546 out of 6,025. Before her are Stefan Botev, Katerina Stefanidi, Nikolay Bukhalov, Virginia Ramírez, Michael Möllenbeck, and Lyudmila Rogachova. After her are Svetlana Shkolina, Malik Beyleroğlu, Bashir Abdi, David Thompson, Sebastian Samuelsson, and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Karine Ruby ranks 681. Before her are Takanori Gomi, Ashton Holmes, Marek Saganowski, Takao Yamauchi, Kieron Dyer, and Davor Dominiković. After her are Charly Wegelius, Fernando Rapallini, Maria Menounos, Frédéric Piquionne, Ekaterina Schulmann, and Igor Semshov. Among people deceased in 2009, Karine Ruby ranks 432. Before her are Giovanni Parisi, Antonio de Nigris, Nelly Arcan, Vishnuvardhan, Abrar Alvi, and Vic Chesnutt. After her are Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini, Griffin Bell, Kamila Skolimowska, Don Hewitt, Claiborne Pell, and Jocelyn Quivrin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Karine Ruby ranks 5,862 out of 6,770. Before her are Grégoire Colin (1975), René Marsiglia (1959), Florian Maurice (1974), Bruno Massot (1989), Gabriel Obertan (1989), and Ellyes Skhiri (1995). After her are Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde (1977), Adlène Guedioura (1985), Orelsan (1982), Alexandre Müller (1997), Ève Chiapello (1965), and Roger-Yves Bost (1965).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Karine Ruby ranks 154. Before her are Patrice Lhotellier (1966), Hugues Obry (1973), Jean Galfione (1971), Thierry Gueorgiou (1979), Gilles Marguet (1967), and Stéphane Traineau (1966). After her are Roger-Yves Bost (1965), Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux (1969), Hatem Ghoula (1973), Patrice Bailly-Salins (1964), Mehdi Baala (1978), and Fabrice Guy (1968).

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